Saga #1

Bought on a whim due to a review on the Page45 website, this little gem of a story is one of the best comic books I have read in a long time.

Taking the traditional star-crossed lovers story and giving it a new twist, Brian K Vaughan has crafted a sharp, witty, action packed tale. Marok and Alana are soldiers on opposing sides of a pan-galactic war, who end up falling in love and having a baby. In fact the book open with Alana giving birth. Chased by both sides, who want them dead, but want the child alive, they set off on a mad dash to get off the planet Cleave. On the way we meet ghosts, robot royalty, freelance hit men and women, magic and a planet full of prostitutes.

The artwork by Fiona Staples is a thing of beauty, and the pace never let's up. I look forward to Volume 2!

Forbidden love. Raw, raw, raw everything. Sci-fi with mystical flavors. Intrigue. We find this couple on the run and in the middle of a battle give birth to our narrator. Little H gets us up to speed on the details of her parents history and the history of the the two people who are at war with one another.

There is a lot going on. There are a lot of people after these three and it's clear they are in danger and don't have many options of escape.

Art and story is doing the thing.


First copy was gifted by Netgalley for an honest review. Second read I purchased myself.